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Politis Pointer #2: Sending unsolicited emails

Back to this same unsolicited email I received yesterday from a job applicant, included in the To field were email addresses for 15 different companies, some of which are direct competitors of Politis Communications.

Nope, I’m not kidding. And in reviewing the addresses, it’s clear that this job applicant did a bit of Web digging/scraping and came up with potential employment email addresses. These included addresses beginning with contact@, employment@, info@ and resumes@.

Naturally, since I felt a lot of personal attention from this job applicant I had a lot of interest towards this person. NOT!

So . . . if you’re going to send an unsolicited job application/inquiry to a company, at least take the time to identify a real person inside the company and email that person directly.

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One Response to “Politis Pointer #2: Sending unsolicited emails”

  1. Politis Pointer #2: Sending Unsolicited Emails | The Betty Factor Says:
    December 30th, 2007 at 12:06 am

    […] Politis Pointer #2: Sending Unsolicited Emails Posted on December 30th, 2007 @ 0:06 am by David Politis. Categories: Politis Communications, Politis Pointers, Writing.This Politis Pointer first ran on June 16, 2006 on DavidPolitis.com. It is re-purposed below with a few minor changes. […]

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